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Definitions: BACK STAIRS |
BACK STAIRS1. Stairs in the back part of a house; private stairs. Also used adjectively. See Back stairs , Backstairs , and Backstair , in the Vocabulary. 2. Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs; hence, a private or indirect way. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ambush | Ambush, ambuscade; stalking horse; lurking hole, lurking place; secret path, back stairs; retreat; (refuge). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: BACK STAIRS |
| Specialty definitions using "BACK STAIRS": Back-stair Influence. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | If I find you been creepin' 'round my back stairs ("Sundown"; performing artist: Gordon Lightfoot) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "BACK STAIRS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | سلم خلفي. (various references) | |
Finnish | keittiönportaat. (various references) | |
German | hintertreppe (backstairs, stairback). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hátsó lépcső. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ackbay airsstay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: backstairs. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-i-k-r-s-s-t" | |
-2 letters: brassica, britskas. | |
-3 letters: aristas, ascaris, britska, caritas, casitas, karstic, racists, sacrist, scarabs, stricks, tarsias. | |
-4 letters: abatis, arabic, arista, basics, batiks, bracts, bricks, brisks, carats, casita, cassia, crasis, crissa, crista, kabars, karats, karsts, kraits, rabats, racist, riatas, sabirs, sabras, scarab, scarts, sistra, sitars, skirts, stacks, stairs, sticks, stirks, strick, tarsia, tiaras, tracks, traiks, triacs, tricks. | |
-5 letters: abaci, aback, abris, acari, airts, araks, arias, arsis, assai, astir, atria, backs, baits, baric, barks, basic, basis, basks, bassi, basts, batik, birks, bisks, bract, brass, brats, brick, brisk, brits, carat, carbs, carks, carts, casas, casks, casts, cists, crabs, crass, cribs, ikats, isbas, kabar, karat, karst, karts, katas, kbars, kists, krait, rabat, rabic, racks, raias, rakis, riata, ricks, risks, sabir, sabra, sacks, sacra, sakis, saris, sarks, satis, scabs, scars, scart, scats, sicks, sitar, skats, skirt, skits, stabs, stack, stair, stark, stars, stick, stirk, stirs, stria, tacks, takas, tarsi, tasks, tiara, ticks, track, traik, trass, triac, trick, tsars. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-i-k-r-s-s-t" | |
+5 letters: backscatterings. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 41 43 4B 53 54 41 49 52 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000001 01000011 01001011 00100000 01010011 01010100 01000001 01001001 01010010 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B A C K   S T A I R S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0041 0043 004B 0053 0054 0041 0049 0052 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)363537452535435435253 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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